Freedom, PA

Undergrad:

Gannon University (Erie, PA) B.S. Chemistry, minor in Mathematics, additional concentration in Theology, 2003

Duke University Center for Biomolecular & Tissue Engineering

Duke University Chemistry Department

American Chemical Society Student Member

Phi Lambda Upsilon Honorary Chemical Society

Gamma Sigma Epsilon Chemical Honor Society

Huge Duke Basketball & Pittsburgh Steelers fan!

Intramurals: Softball (LF), Volleyball (Setter) (indoor & sand), Basketball (PG, 5'9").  Member of 2004 Men's Grad School Competitive Intramural Volleyball Championship Team!

Bioinorganic chemistry (focus on iron acquisition mechanisms), UV/Vis & FTIR Spectroscopy, chemical education

Selected Publications:

Heymann, J.J.; Weaver, K.D.; Mietzner, T.A.; Crumbliss, A.L. Sulfate as a synergistic anion facilitating iron-binding by the bacterial transferrin FbpA: The origins and effects of anion promiscuity.  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 9704-9712.

Heymann, J.J., Crumbliss, A.L.  Kinetics and mechanism of axial ligand substitution of alkyl cobaloximes by substituted pyridines in different solvents.    Chemtracts-Inorganic Chemistry, 17, 527-533, 2004. 

Selected Presentations:

Heymann J.J.; Weaver, K.D.; Anderson, D.S.; Mietzner, T.A.; Crumbliss, A.L.  Biological trivalent metal selectivity in a bacterial transferrin: Gallium-FbpA thermodynamics and kinetic, 234^th ACS National Meeting, Boston, MA, August 22, 2007.

Heymann J.J.; Charkoudian L.K.; Adler M.J.; Mies K.A.; Haas K.L.; Bonk, J.F.  CSI in the classroom: Teaching science in a non-majors first-year seminar using forensics and chemistry, 234^th ACS National Meeting, Boston, MA, August 20, 2007.

Heymann, J.J.; Mietzner, T.A.; Crumbliss, A.L.  Effects and origins of the synergistic anion influence on the thermodynamics and kinetics of iron binding by a bacterial transferrin.  232^nd ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, September 12, 2006.

Heymann, J.J., Weaver, K.D., Gabricevic, M., Mietzner, T.A., Crumbliss, A.L.  Kinetic and thermodynamic effects of synergistic anion binding in a bacterial transferrin relevant in periplasm-to-cytosol iron transport.  230th ACS National Meeting, Washington D.C., August 28, 2005.

Awards:

Kathleen Zielek Fellowship, Spring 2008

John Herbert Pearson Teaching Award, January-May 2007

Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award, NIH Fellowship in the Duke University Center for Biomolecular and Tissue Engineering Training Grant, (Department of Health and Human Services) Grant Number T32GM08555, September 2004-August 2006

Three time recipient of the Duke University Graduate School Conference Travel Grant Fellowship, 2005, 2006, 2007

Gannon University Valedictorian Scholarship Award, 1999-2003

Best Oral Presentation: Chemistry & Engineering, Penn State-Behrend-Sigma Xi Undergraduate Student Research & Creative Accomplishment Conference, 2003.

Outstanding Student in First-Year Chemistry by the American Chemical Society, Erie Chapter in 2000.

Current News:

Jared plans to graduate in May 2008 and is currently seeking a faculty position at an undergraduate focused institution for Fall 2008.

Current Research Project:

Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Bacterial Transferrin (Ferric binding protein) and effect of sulfate as a synergistic anion.